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Green Thymes
Read about local events, projects, workshops, grants and articles that have a sustainability or environmental flavour.
We hope you enjoy it!
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Marion Celebrates - Seeking Recycling Education Volunteers
Would you be keen to help guide better recycling at Council's biggest community event?
Marion Celebrates is on Saturday 23rd February 2019, 5pm - 9pm and it's a wonderful family-friendly community festival celebrating many cultures and one earth with music and dance from Latin America, Spain, India and Africa.
Our sustainability aim at this event is to improve public awareness and usage of green bins for recycling their compostable food and drink packaging. We are seeking volunteers to be located next to bin stations and assist patrons
with the correct placement of waste into the correct bin by offering friendly guidance and information.
Technical recycling expertise is not essential as induction will be provided.
Essential qualities include
excellent customer service and ability to communicate with people from diverse backgrounds and engage with strangers in busy crowds.
To find out more or express your interest, please contact Allison Byrne, Education Officer Waste and Recycling on 7420 6427 or email allison.byrne@marion.sa.gov.au
Expressions of interest are open until Wednesday 30 January 2019.
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Trott Park Community Garden
Trott Park Community Garden is a well-kept secret tucked away in a peaceful green spot behind the Trott Park Neighbourhood Centre. The community garden started in 2014 and is run by a small group of passionate volunteers. They have individual plots for veggie gardeners, communal spaces, fruit trees, biodiversity plantings and a shady spot under the grape vine for cups of tea. They even have a wheelchair accessible garden plot.
The group have a number of projects coming up including upgrading garden beds, new plantings and increasing their number of plots. There is always plenty of work to be done and they welcome new members and volunteers.
Get in touch with them via the Trott Park Community Garden Facebook page or by emailing tpcg5158@gmail.com
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Friends of Sturt River Landcare
The group has been running since 2014 and have already made huge improvements to their local environment. They have planted lots of native vegetation contributing to habitat along the Oaklands Biodiversity Corridor and the Oaklands Wetland. The group aims to increase native vegetation and improve biodiversity corridors for urban wildlife.
They have monthly working bees where they undertake planting and weeding activities. The group is busy over the autumn planting season with large planting events for National Trees Day where they attract over 300 volunteers! They welcome new people who can take part in their on-ground activities or help to support the group in other ways.
In the hotter months group members propagate native vegetation with Trees for Life and focus on developing their bushcare skills. They are also holding an educational talk on local lizards!
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Feeling Hot Hot Hot!
Join well known media identity, Amanda Blair, as she guides a panel of experts through a hypothetical extended heatwave.
Learn about the challenges posed by heatwaves in Adelaide as well as practical actions that can be taken to manage your risks.
Date: Wednesday 6th February 2019
Time: 6-8.30pm (includes nibbles, stalls and panel session)
Location: Adelaide Town Hall, 128 King William Street Adelaide
Please forward this invite to your networks, family and friends.
This event is a hosted by the City of Adelaide with Resilient East and is based on a similar event held by Resilient South in the City of Marion in February 2018. Resilient East is an initiative between the City of Adelaide, Campbelltown City Council, the Cities of Burnside, Norwood Payneham and St Peters, Prospect, Tea Tree Gully, Unley and the Town of Walkerville. Their goal is to improve the resilience of communities, assets and infrastructure, local economies and natural environments so they can cope with the challenges and opportunities of climate change.
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2019 Bin Collection Calendar Coming Soon
City of Marion's 2019 Bin Collection Calendar will be delivered inside the next City Limits magazine to your letterboxes on 18 & 19 December.
If you prefer to keep a printed copy of this handy, you can cut it out and stick it on the fridge.
For information about what can or can't go in the recycling or organics bin, refer to our website www.marion.sa.gov.au/services-we-offer/waste-and-recycling
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Things to Do with Your Family This Summer
Are you looking for activities for the kids these summer holidays? Spending time in nature is beneficial for the mental health of children and adults and a great way to de-stress during the busy festive season.
Nature Play SA has a wonderful resource with loads great ideas for outdoor nature-based activities in the hotter months.
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We hope you found this information useful. We value your feedback and encourage you to get in
contact with us.
Feel free to forward this on to your networks or others who might be interested.
See you next month!
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More workshops, events and courses!
Visit
The Joinery website for a host of other exciting sustainability events.
Based in Adelaide, The Joinery, is a hive of inspiring community activity
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